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In addition to being fast to deploy, cloud infrastructure lets you easily scale up and down to try things out. This is useful if you're still finding traction o
by runako 13y ago
In addition to being fast to deploy, cloud infrastructure lets you easily scale up and down to try things out. This is useful if you're still finding traction or distribution channels that work best.
>> Giving dell a CC# and giving them your hosting providers shipping address is not a complex or difficult task
Financially, cloud servers have properties that might make them attractive relative to this. Also -- buying and managing colo is a fairly specialized discipline. There are a ton of business reasons to not take on a risk in this part of your business when you can outsource it at nominal cost. A COGS of 14% is quite nominal.
- Sssnake 13y ago>In addition to being fast to deploy, cloud infrastructure lets you easily scale up and down to try things out And you can buy a single server for $5k that will outperform $5k/month of EC2 VMs. >Also -- buying and managing colo is a fairly specialized discipline What? That is like saying "buying and managing phones is a fairly specialized discipline". No, it isn't. You give money, you get service. Not complicated. People have been able to handle this just fine for longer than you've been alive.